BC sees 9,332 new reported COVID-19 cases over New Year’s weekend

The province provided an update to the COVID-19 situation in BC on Monday, January 3, sharing new preliminary COVID-19 case counts.

There were 9,332 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period:

• December 31, 2021 – Jan. 1, 2022: 4,033 new cases
• January 1-2, 2022: 3,069 new cases
• January 2-3, 2022: 2,230 new cases

Here are the cases broken down by health region:

• Fraser Health: 4,859 new cases
• Vancouver Coastal Health: 1,797 new cases
• Interior Health: 1,185 new cases
• Northern Health: 374 new cases
• Island Health: 1,117 new cases

These latest infections bring the total recorded cases in the province to 264,181.

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